The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-09
Fashion Notes.

Turbans are to be worn more than ever
this spring. ..-<'.
The peasant sleeve with wide puffs and
bands is very stylish.
Corded ginghams are among the pretty
new fabrics for the spring. .. ..:
|. Flowers are as generally worn as they
were even as corsage bouquets.
Watered ribbon is much worn as sashes,
both for house and street wear. 81.
The peasant waist is still the prettiest
mode for a young girls house waist. -.
Red is notably the color in spring mil
linery, as it has been the past winter.
Cuff buttons are small and fiat, and OBJ
trude themselves as little as possible.
Little jackets of mat beads are worn
over black surah waists for half mourning.
Vatican brocades are now among the
cotton fabrics, and are in exquisite
coloring.
High bonnets and walking hats are
notable in the importations of spring
models for street millinery.
Lace fchus and plastrons are meeting
with all their old-time popularity, as ac-
cessories to the dressy toilets. ~.
Blue and gray is combination of this
season which promises to be worn, even
if it has no particular attraction.
Black lace dresses still retain their pop
ularity, being suitable for use on various
occasions, and by ladies of all ages.
A new surah, known as surah Antoi-
nettc, with heavy diagonal lines, will be
used in the spring for light mourning
costumes.
Ruches of black lisse and Grape are fa-
vored for use with mourning costumes,
Just as colored ruches are preferred to
white by those wearing colors.
Whatever may be the general style of a
wrap, whether short, long or only very
short cape, it is invariably made with
what is known as the sling sleeve.
Among the novelties in rich material
are cut velvets with broad stripes of
lighter tint of plush in relief upon the
velvet. The use of this material is con-
fined to skirts.
Is is predicted that stripes and plaids
will be more popular than any other fab
RIGS with Partisan ladies for spring wear.
Some of the newest stripes are plaids, and
there are plaids that are striped.
Bead net tablicrs, panels and plastrons,
epaulcttes, and when the dress demand
them, collars and cuffs, retain their hold
on fashionable favor, and are made in
handsomer designs and finer finish from
season to season.
All sorts of dressy accessories of the
toilet in the form of removable waist
coats, fchus, plastrons, sleeveless short
jackets, cpaulettes, and dog collars are
made of velvet, plush, jet and other
beads, lace and fancy ribbons, with picot
edges.
Velvet bretelles, with straps across the
front, worn over full gathered white
plastron, with collar and cuffs of the vel
vet, will be used with some new gingham
dresses. Feather-stitched guimpes and
sleeves with feather-stitched wristbands,
and sailor collars with cross-stripcd inside
shirt bosoms. will be revived.
The newest zephyrs and ginghams show
lace-like stripes, checks and bars. Some
times the grounds are plain, and in other
cases the designs are separated by Pompa-
dour bouquets brocaded on light stripe.
Large plaids appear in some of the new
ly-imported ginghams. These are in
tended for the skirts, and plain fabric
to match is used for the waist.